Tuesday, October 7, 2014

I'm SO Ready to Take Flight

What can I say?
I stopped blogging for a lot of reasons—mostly because I don’t think I
have anything worth saying. I’ve tried
to think of subjects of interest, with clever titles such as “Give Us This Day,
Our Daily Rain”.

I’ve lived over fifty years around the upper Gulf Coast
of Texas. I’ve seen hurricanes;
droughts; a wee bit of snow; and a good bit of rain and thunder-bumpers. But nothing like the glorious (almost) daily
drenching of this summer.

There’s been no flooding in my neck of the woods; just
lots of afternoon thunder, lightning and downpours. Thank you Mother Nature.

I’ve sat in my favorite chair, by a north-facing
window, and watched the storms arrive; listened to the rain and wind; and felt
the blessings of healing rain on this drought-parched land. The Live Oaks raised their arms with a bounty of new growth.
I raised my arms and danced a happy dance.

I’ve gone out and about only a bit; heat, humidity, and
drenching rain have, as usual, limited my summertime birding and such. As a seasoned Gulf Coastie, I give mosquitoes
my respectful distance.

And so you see, I’ve had nothing much to say. But I did sight a Brown Booby at the Baytown
Nature Center a couple of weeks ago; a new lifer for me. Birders will say “Cool!” Non-birders will politely ask: “What did you
say?” “You saw a what?”